RISING JUNIORS
Purpose:To encourage juniors to read a minimum of four books over the summer, one will be the assigned Upper School summer book, the others will be from the list provided on this Wiki .Please make at least three blog entrees for each book. Students are strongly encouraged to read more books of their choice and simply let Mrs. Bonnyman know what you are reading. There are vocabulary and spelling practice links as well. Rising juniors can begin to practice a minimum of four tests a week in the Princeton Review SAT or PSAT workbook.
Books 1 .Outliersby Malcolm Gladwell. This is a fascinating look at all kinds of people; why some people excel and the circumstances that characterize their stories of success.
2. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris CrutcherThis book takes you into another world of a crazy a father, an abused daughter, and the heroic help of an unexpected friend. There is a lot of drama. How will it end?
3. An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina. If you saw the movie "Hotel Rowanda," this is that story written by the main character. He was the manager of the luxurious hotel Milles Collines when the 1994 genocide happened in Rwanda. He bravely sheltered over 1,200 Tutsi and Hutu refugees. This book has been chosen as a Rome community read, and the author will speak this fall
4. Upper School required reading
Purpose: To encourage juniors to read a minimum of four books over the summer, one will be the assigned Upper School summer book, the others will be from the list provided on this Wiki . Please make at least three blog entrees for each book. Students are strongly encouraged to read more books of their choice and simply let Mrs. Bonnyman know what you are reading. There are vocabulary and spelling practice links as well. Rising juniors can begin to practice a minimum of four tests a week in the Princeton Review SAT or PSAT workbook.
Books
1 .Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. This is a fascinating look at all kinds of people; why some people excel and the circumstances that characterize their stories of success.
2. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher This book takes you into another world of a crazy a father, an abused daughter, and the heroic help of an unexpected friend. There is a lot of drama. How will it end?
3. An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina. If you saw the movie "Hotel Rowanda," this is that story written by the main character. He was the manager of the luxurious hotel Milles Collines when the 1994 genocide happened in Rwanda. He bravely sheltered over 1,200 Tutsi and Hutu refugees. This book has been chosen as a Rome community read, and the author will speak this fall
4. Upper School required reading
Fun Web Site
Go to http://www.quia.com/mc/1527.html for a painless practice of vocabulary words for the SAT